Knockdown wicker chair.



No. 69!,2l6. Patented Ian. M, I902.

c. WEHTHNER.

KNOCKDOWN WICKEB CHAIR.

(Application filed Oct. 15. 1000.;

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(No Model.)

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No. 69!,216. Patented Ian; [4, 1902.

C. WERTHNER. KNOQ KDOWWWICKER CHAIR.

App1icgtion filed Oct. 16, 1900.) 1 no Model. 5 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN WERTHNER, OE TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEN- DRON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

KNOCKDOWN WICKER CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,216, dated January 14, 1902.

Application filed October 15, 1900. Serial No. 33,156. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN WERTHNER,

foreman, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown YVicker Chairs,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to devise a wickerchair which may be knocked down for :o shipment;anditconsists,essentially,inthedetails of construction hereinafter more specifically described and then definitely claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my wicker chair set up. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same knocked down.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

The chair is made in five parts-namely,

two side sections A, a back panel B, a seat 0,

and cross-braces D. Each side section comprises a front standard E and a rear standard F, suitably connected by cross-braces and ornamental wicker-work. In chairs as ordinarily constructed the rear standards form part of the back; but this construction is not feasible in a knockdown chair. 'The seat comprises two or more cross-bars G, suitably connected with wicker-work or in any other suitable manner.

the back proper, H, formed of ornamental wicker-work, and a supporting-frame comprising two or more cross-bars I, connected together by suitable connecting-pieces, such 5 as J.

The cross-braces D may be of any suitable construction for the purpose of connecting the standards of the chair below the seat.

The standards E and F have holes a formed 0 in their inner sides, which are adapted to receive the suitably-shaped ends of the crosspieces G of the seat, cross-bars I of the back, and the ends of the cross-braces D. When the chair is finally set up for use, the ends of 5 the cross-bars are secured in the holes a by gluing or nailing, as desired. The lower ends of the standards may be formed with ordinary feet or secured to rockers K, as shown, the rockers being provided with suitable holes to receive the lower ends of the standards.

From the construction described it appears The'back panel comprises that all the connections between the parts of the chair are substantially parallel to one another, so that the chair is readily taken apart by pulling off one of the side sections and then by removing the back and seat, the direction of motion in separation being the same in each case.

The elements of the construction which are most important in making my knockdown 6o chair are the combination, with the side sections, of the standards of the chair and the formation of the back upon a frame which is detachablyconnected to the inner sides of the rear standards.

Viith a chair constructed as described I am able to ship the goods knocked down, so that twenty may be packed in a space which formerly accommodated only four. This is a point of great advantage both to the manu- 7o facturer and buyer,particularly where freight has to be paid for according to the amount of space occupied.

'I'claim nothing in the special arrangement of the wicker-work on the chair, as the pat- 7 5 tern and construction of this portion of the chair can be widely varied, the underlying principle being the same in every case.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a knockdown wicker chair, side sections comprising front and rear standards suitably connected and having holes upon their inner faces to receive the ends of crossbars on the seat and back sections, combined with an unframed seat comprising front and rear cross-bars suitably connected,and a back panel and an independent supporting-frame for said back panel comprising cross-bars, the cross-bars of the seat and back sections being extended and detachably engaged in the holes in the adjacent faces of the standards of the side sections, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a chair, side sections comprising front and rear standards suitably connected, in combination with an unframed seat comprising front and rear cross-bars suitably connected; cross-braces below the seat; and a back panel and an independent supportingframe therefor com prising cross-bars suitably 10 connected, the standards of the side sections having holes formed therein to detachably receive the ends of the c'rossbars of the seat, the cross-braces and the cross-bars of the supporting-frame of the back panel,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a chair, side sections comprising front and rear standards suitably connected; and a seat detachably connected to the side sections in combination with a back panel comprising the wicker back proper and a supporting-frame comprising crossbars and suitable connections, the rear standards of the side sections having holes formed therein to receive the ends of the cross-bars of the frame of the back panel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a chair, side sections comprising front and rear standards suitably connected, in

porting-frame. of the back panels by mortiseand-tenon connections, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Toronto, September 24, 1900.

CHRISTIAN WERTHNER.

In presence of J. EDW. .MAYBEE, A. J. OoLBoURNE. 

